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b.w.
writing stuff

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(somebody pointing at my 19$ casio A168, asking the time)

"My watch?..... what do you mean my wa.... ohh, my timepiece"

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Finally, it looks like there was a zine published a few years ago that dug into the history of MP news a bit:

https://t.co/uNUCQmEVSO

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And April '71 isn't particularly special; it's just the first one I stumbled across. IA has over a hundred of them. Just look at these covers. So beautiful!

https://t.co/WEQiFjv4IY

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Inmate-run publication at Montana State Prison. Seems to be mostly from the 60s into the 70s:

https://t.co/cD6Vujrn2p

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Internet Archive spotlight: M. P. News, April 1971

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Every episode of trillbillies:

Tarence: I suck and this podcast sucks, I think everybody is probably sick of listening to us

Tom (in the silkiest smooth Kentucky accent): So this guy I used to work with...we just called him T-Bone...but his Christian name was Helsinki Finland

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Found this in my Citi bike basket?????

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@leah_mensch I have a good one coming later tonight. Just have to gather the materials. Stay tuned

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It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer Steel Reserve 40s switched to shatterproof, and I didn't know what I was doing in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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@gvtcontractor They just want you on credit. That's their whole business plan

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@camillesaccount Depending on the vibe of the story, try Noon. Great little mag and they publish a lot of micro stuff. It's print only

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Friend: "My dad needs me to pick up some stuff for him from the store."

Guy whose dad died when he was 15: "lmao your dad?? what are you like 15??"

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Shrek voice: "Guns don't kill people. People kill people"

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My dumbass thought this was the announcement of a new auto refractometer target discovery

[elliott @elliott_green_]

a very blessed mail day thanks to @aplaceforowls
I can’t express enough how much of an honor it is to have been a part of this beautiful record

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@ShakenJack Also can't dm, but there's like 30 titles in there I'm interested in depending on price. Send me a message and I'll run through the list

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As a little kid, the ads requesting donations that confused me the most were the ones asking you to donate your car. Like, our CAR?? The toyota sienna?

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Brooklyn man with an email job who puts on his Carhartt overalls to do the dishes

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@inthefade https://t.co/EBTOmXbKMK

[Nate Bear @NateB_Panic]

Gaza City this time last year. Now almost completely destroyed. The scale of the loss is beyond comprehension. A crime against humanity in the truest meaning of the words